tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77835294425657876252024-03-06T09:03:49.410+00:00The Greatest Guide to Living Cruelty FreeFor anyone who wants to be kinder to animals and each other and live a more compassionate life.
This is the companion blog for Living Cruelty Free: Live a Compassionate Life. The book is out now in paperback and on Kindle. The information in the book applies worldwide. testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-53949105694277479692021-03-31T02:19:00.001+01:002021-03-31T02:19:17.209+01:00#vegan friendly Rowntree's fruit pastilles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zycYVmWsAiI/YGPMm4AD9fI/AAAAAAAABs4/GMWstGvC5Vw0FJiuuVuQKEWu8bQWoriWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1202/Screenshot_20210331-013950.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="699" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zycYVmWsAiI/YGPMm4AD9fI/AAAAAAAABs4/GMWstGvC5Vw0FJiuuVuQKEWu8bQWoriWgCLcBGAsYHQ/w233-h400/Screenshot_20210331-013950.png" width="233" /></a></div><p>Today, I'm trying Rowntree's #vegan friendly fruit pastilles #sweets #candies. </p><p>I grew up with these sweets and last ate them a whopping 35 years ago but I still vaguely remember what they tasted like. </p><p>First impressions - from the packaging these Rowntree fruit pastilles look like the original version that contains yucky gelatine (or spelled gelatin) until you see the VEGAN FRIENDLY on the packaging. </p><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Great, yet another old favourite suitable for vegans. What's not to like?</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">But, how good are they? </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The appearance - they look almost exactly the same as the originals except maybe a bit flatter. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">They taste test - Nice and fruity. </div><div dir="auto">The sweet taste lasts and lasts. </div><div dir="auto">The pastilles are very chewy. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Verdict: Very tasty and fruity. I would highly recommend them. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: large;" /></div>testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-65971108775793139842020-07-22T20:36:00.000+01:002020-07-22T20:36:06.736+01:00 Impossible Foods Impossible Whopper is NOT vegetarian or vegan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But on closer inspection, you realise you might be getting my misled. Big time. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All these companies want is your money. The haven't suddenly decided they want to stop animal cruelty and murder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One such brand is Impossible Burger who make the Impossible Whopper. Some people would say that's an appropriate name given that vegans and vegetarians feel misled by how it's been marketed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Billed as a "patty made from plants" and sold at Burger King, what they don't tell you is this. And this is a statement coming from Impossible Foods themselves after a class action taken by vegetarians and vegans saying they had been misled over the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #313132;">Impossible Foods burgers and not even vegetarian </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But does that make impossible burgers suitable for vegetarians or vegans? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's a resounding no on both points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You see, The Impossible Burger which is made from soy my favourite type of vegan burger, is cooked with meat products. Yep, whilst your local friendly takeaway place with a cooking area a fraction of the size of any Burger King can put aside a meat free cooking space, Burger King either can't or won't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to read more about this? Click on this link <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rstrnt-brnd-burger-king-impossible-wh-idUSKCN24M340" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember folks, saying something is plant-based does not mean it's suitable for vegetarians far this vegans. Impossible burger is one such case in point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Always ask where something is cooked and what it's cooked with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If it was up to me, the Impossible Whopper would have to list animal fat in it's ingredients because it's cooked in the same oil as meat and that should mean losing the 0% beef label and having a label on the product and on the menu saying it's not suitable for vegetarians and vegans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ears ago I lived on an island. Not one of those remote Islands but one of the most accessible ones you are likely to get. One day I was walking past a local restaurant and I was shocked to see something on the menu that's so cruel the production of it is banned in my country but not the sale. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can read about what happened next on my companion blog for my book Living Cruelty Free: Live a more Compassionate Life <a href="http://greatestguidetolivingcrueltyfree.blogspot.com/2014/11/standing-up-and-for-animals-brings-out.html" target="_blank">here</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That product was Foie gras which is made by ramming a metal or plastic pipe down a duck or goose's throat so their livers swell abnormally to around ten times their normal size. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Foie gras is French and translates as fatty liver. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />There's never been an appetite for reversing the ban on producing it in the UK where I live because even farmers who could make money out of producing this vile 'foodstuff' find the cruelty involved too much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />When I was writing book 2 in the Detective in a Coma series (the follow up to Vile City) I wanted to do something a bit different. Come up with a different method of murder whilst also letting people who don't know into the sick little secret of how cruel a 'food' Foie gras is. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In Cannibal City, my killer craves Foie gras but is so sickened by how it's obtained he decides that he'll make a human version instead. Pretty gross but as well as coming up with a more novel way to kill people, it also gives folk an insight into one of the cruellest things humans eat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px;">Yep, like so many foods manufacturers make for the vegetarian/vegan market, Tesco probably think they have to spice things up because they believe the myth that vegetarian and vegan food is tasteless. Hence an overdose of mustard that completely ruined the taste of this for me. It was so strong only eating some liquorice (Panda's</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> original vegan) got rid of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the sad fact of the matter is that the pain and
suffering they will endure will be for nothing because animal testing isn’t
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single on research using animals that isn’t relatable to humans. Imagine what
results could be achieved if medical research focussed on non-animal methods
that are much more reliable. Well, if you want to find out if some drug works
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rarely work in humans because the research was done with animals, want
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By constantly reading about all the nasty things that are happening to other people, both animal and human. By having our lives ruined by the actions of others who carry on, not so much oblivious to how what they do harms others, as not caring.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Thank you so much for
your gift to help save lost, stray and abandoned dogs from laboratories around
the world.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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horrifyingly, in some parts of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
shelter dogs can be bought by laboratories. Thanks to your vital support, we
can tell decision-makers about an important opinion poll, carried out for us by
leading pollsters YouGov, that shows the public is on our side. The poll found
that 73% of Canadian adults and 68% of Americans agree that dogs who are found
or given to animal shelters should not be sold to laboratories for experiments.
It’s heartening to know that, just like you, there are so many compassionate
people around the world.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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generosity, and that of others like you, we’ve also been able to reach out to a
host of US and Canadian celebrities – including actor Eric McCormack, who stars
as Will from the hit TV show Will and Grace – who’ve raised their voices for
stray dogs in laboratories and helped gain media coverage and awareness for our
cause. You can find out more at<span style="color: #eb018c;"><a href="http://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/straydogs" target="_blank">www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/straydogs.</a></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sad fact is that more women that men are vegetarian or
vegan. The one reason for this apparently (or so I’ve been told) is that it’s
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and not weakness. Well, if a man were to dominate a woman would he be
considered as manly? Maybe in days gone past when women had little rights he
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2- There’s nothing manly about eating meat when we are
continually being told that meat is bad for your. It increases your risk of
getting cancer and heart disease and a whole range of illnesses. Vegetarians
are also less likely to be obese and being obese means you are at a higher risk
of ending up with diabetes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Vegetarian <span dir="auto">Joaquin Phoenix - is he man enough for you?</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3- Associating meat with masculinity goes back to the days
when humans had to hunt in order to survive. These days nobody needs to hunt in
order to survive. You just need to grow your own food or go to the supermarket.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4- Meat consumption has been linked to virility, yet a low
sperm count has been linked with eating too much meat. A <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66427.php" target="_blank">study in 2007</a> found a
link between American men being unable to father children and their mother’s
eating too much beef whilst pregnant. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was blamed on the growth hormones in the beef that were
fed to cows when they were alive. Other types of meat such as chicken also have
traces of growth hormones. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/06/15/meat-makes-groggy-sperm" target="_blank">here</a>
for a link to yet another survey. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Please contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
ask them to drop kangaroo meat. Viva! persuaded all <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> supermarkets not to sell
kangaroo meat over a decade ago now, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are the first one to break ranks and
put it back on sale. </span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #196ad4;"><a href="http://www.savethekangaroo.com/iceland" target="_blank">Iceland have now followed suit,
so please contact them, too!</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">This trade will
almost certainly lead to even more kangaroos being killed – and their babies
and young shot or decapitated and then simply discarded. In other words,
consumers are responsible not just for the death of the animal they consume –
but also the death of her young. Around 20 per cent of kangaroos killed each
year are female – which means around a million joeys are killed for the trade
each year.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Contact Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Dear Lidl,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">I am horrified to
hear that you are selling kangaroo meat. Tesco have just removed it from
shelves and you should, too. It is this trade which helps drive what is
currently the biggest massacre of land animals on the planet.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Around six million
kangaroos were earmarked for slaughter in 2013 (a massive increase of nearly
two million from the previous year). This doesn’t include the baby kangaroos
(joeys) that are not even used by the meat and leather industries, but are
simply thrown away. An adult female kangaroo will usually have two youngsters
with her: a baby kangaroo in pouch and an adolescent at foot. This slaughter is
supposedly governed by guidelines. However, these guidelines advocate pulling
baby joeys from their dying mother’s pouch and smashing them around the head
and/or decapitating them. The adolescents are meant to be shot, but many will
escape the carnage and die of predation from other wild animals. For almost
every female kangaroo killed to fill your freezers with kangaroo meat, two
other lives will be snuffed out. Around a million baby kangaroos die each year
because of the trade in kangaroo parts. There can be no justification for this.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">It is also
impossible to truly assess the welfare of the adults that are shot, as this is
invariably done at night in the Outback. Away from the glare of public
scrutiny, millions are shot every year – and the Australian RSPCA has estimated
that around 100,000 adults are not killed humanely and some may temporarily
survive with horrific wounds, such as having their jaws shot off.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Most other <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> supermarkets
have pledged not to sell kangaroo meat and removed it from their shelves over a
decade ago. Popularising the meat, as you are doing, will simply lead to more
bloodshed.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Salmonella and
E.coli levels can be high in kangaroo meat. So much so that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region> has
banned imports. Infection with Toxoplasma gondii is a “significant problem” in
kangaroos. Experts say that T. gondii infection in kangaroos is “… also of
public health significance due to the kangaroo meat trade.” Kangaroo meat is
not tested when it is imported into the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Humans can contract
foodborne toxoplasmosis from eating raw/undercooked meat containing parasitic
cysts. Worryingly, the instructions on the kangaroo meat actually instructs people to eat this meat “medium rare”. Have you made
your customers aware of these risks? This is not the action of a responsible
retailer.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Please follow the
lead of other major businesses in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> and pledge not to sell kangaroo
meat. Until this happens, I will boycott your stores and encourage and of my
friends and family to do likewise.</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Yours faithfully,</span></i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Response to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>reply</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Have you received a
reply from Lidl? Below we destroy their weak justifications for selling dead
wildlife (Lidl text in bold). Use it to write back to them:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">We refer to your
recent correspondence regarding the welfare and hunting process for the
kangaroo steaks we currently sell at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>stores as part of a food specials
campaign.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Kangaroos are
abundant in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and are sustainably harvested under strict government control. The population
numbers are constantly monitored by the National Park Authorities.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Kangaroos are
certainly not as abundant as they used to be. They have been wiped out in many
regions. In others, their numbers build up in order to withstand the regular
droughts which wipe out half the population. Since 2001 (compared to 2011)
there has been an overall drop of 23,126,349 kangaroos (according to the
Australian Government's own figures) in the areas where they are hunted. The
official quota ignores joeys, road deaths, illegal and non-commercial kills.
This annual death toll could amount to 10 million - a patently unsustainable
figure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Many professional
ecologists support the agricultural production systems on kangaroos and other
native animals rather than introduced livestock like sheep or cattle, as it
offers considerable ecological advantages to the fragile Australian rangelands
and could save greenhouse gas emissions.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Just because the
farming of hard-hoofed animals such as sheep and cattle has helped destroy the
fragile ground soil in many parts of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> does not mean that
plundering a native species is a sensible alternative. It is also ironic that
Lidl are trying to justify selling kangaroo as a 'green alternative'
considering the sizeable greenhouse gases are generated by transporting it
literally from one side of the Earth to the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Several trials have
indicated that uncontrolled kangaroo numbers present a risk to plant
biodiversity. Kangaroos cannot be commercially harvested in National Parks, as
a result their numbers often rise to staggering levels which sometimes require
culling<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>programs<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to be used to protect and save rare or
threatened plant species.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">This makes no
sense. Why are Lidl trying to justify selling kangaroo meat by talking about
National Parks where kangaroos cannot be "commercially harvested"?
Also, they can't have it both ways. In the paragraph above Lidl say that
kangaroos are more in keeping with the Australian environment (after all they have
evolved over millennia to live in harmony with it), but then say kangaroos are
a threat to it. If there really was a problem - and this was really about
conservation - why couldn't non-lethal methods of population control be
considered? The answer is that it does not make a profit. They may try and
justify the trade in kangaroo meat as conservation, but that isn't true. It is
commercialisation of wildlife driven by profit and that can be disastrous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Our supplier
confirmed that the animals are only being harvested by professionally trained
hunters. Each kangaroo harvester must be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>licensed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and undergo training delivered by
government accredited agencies, which includes animal welfare controls, hygiene
controls as well as their competency with their firearms amongst others. These
hunters are monitored by the veterinary office and each kangaroo that is
harvested must be reported to the authorities. The number of kangaroos to be
harvested is strictly monitored to ensure the harvest in any one area does not exceed
the quota. The kangaroos are being head shot and are immediately killed (the
Federal Government document<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>'Code<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of Practice for the Humane Shooting of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Kangaroos'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>requires that all animals are head
shot). After the animal is shot from a specified distance the hunter guts the
animal on the spot.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">No one monitors,
let alone controls, the real-time killing in the field. Kangaroos are shot at
night in the vast outback, far away from public scrutiny. <i>"Shooters
often have a thorough contempt for the law. They commit cruelty on a regular
basis."</i> (Dr John Auty, veterinary scientist and former Chief
Agronomist).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Research by the
RSPCA in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and Animal Liberation NSW has suggested that around 120,000 kangaroos a year
are not shot in the head and killed immediately. The number could be much
higher (according to Thinkk (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Technology Sydney</st1:placename></st1:place>) up
to a million) as there is no one there to monitor the many kangaroos shot – but
not killed outright – that will escape into the bush to die a slow, painful
death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Ex-kangaroo
shooter, David Nicholls, exposed the industry: <i>"The mouth of a
kangaroo can be blown off and the kangaroo can escape to die of shock and
starvation. Forearms can be blown off, as can ears, eyes and noses. Stomachs
can be hit expelling the contents with the kangaroo still alive. Backbones can
be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>pulverized<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>unrecognizable<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>state etc. Hind legs can be shattered
with the kangaroo desperately trying to get away on the other or without the
use of either. To deny that this goes on is just an exercise in attempting to
fool the public."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">A vet then checks
if the animal is healthy. Our supplier furthermore assured us that the hunters
are trained not to shoot gestating or young animals.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">The animal isn't
healthy. The animal is dead! The reason that the vet is there is to check if
they have been killed with a shot to the head (another reason why those that
weren't will be simply dumped and not included in the official tally). There
are also health issues to humans. Kangaroos are butchered in the outback and
then transported to chillers – sometimes many, many miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Kangaroos are shot
out of the back of trucks criss-crossing the vast outback at the dead of night.
How exactly is a shooter to know that a female is gestating exactly? In most
cases they won't be able to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">In the few cases
when a female with a joey is taken, the Code lays out strict guidelines on how
to deal with these. This Code was written by a group of the most informed and
independent scientists in the field and details best practice.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">This is hardly a
few cases. Even 20 per cent of six million is 1.2 million females shot each
year - and female kangaroos are usually permanently pregnant. Thinkk
says: <i>"… every year 855,000 dependent young die as a waste product
of the commercial kill."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Yes, there are
guidelines but it doesn't hide the fact that 'unwanted' baby joeys – ripped
from their dying mothers' pouch – are killed in the most brutal way imaginable.
The official guidelines state for furless young: <i>"Single forceful
blow to the base of the skull sufficient to destroy the functional capacity of
the brain."</i> OR <i>"Stunning, immediately followed by
decapitation by rapidly severing the head from the body with a sharp
blade"</i> For furred young: <i>"Single forceful blow to
the base of the skull sufficient to destroy the functional capacity of the
brain."</i> After this their lifeless bodies are simply dumped as
'trash'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Of the 25% of
females taken only 20% (5% of the total) at any one time can be expected to
have<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>'young<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>foot'.
The fate of these is the most contentious issue for many examining the welfare
aspects of the harvest. However, further research currently being finalised has
indicated that these adolescents survive the removal of their mothers with
surprisingly little stress and quickly adjust to independence.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">If true Lidl are
conveniently forgetting the pouch young that will be brained or decapitated by
hunters. Even one joey ripped from his dying mother's pouch and killed or
adolescent shot as she tries to escape the rifle fire of the hunter – their
bodies thrown away and not even used by the industry that killed them – is one
too many.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Also, we'd be
interested to see this 'research'. Everything we have ever seen suggests that
adolescents will starve to death without the protection of their mothers. They
are after all still with their mothers and are not ready to be independent of
them. The Code of Practice contradicts this by stating that shooters should
kill adolescents that have been orphaned: <i>"Single shot to the
brain or heart where it can be delivered accurately and in safety using the
firearms and ammunition."</i>Why would it do this if adolescents were able
to survive as Lidl suggests?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Also, the breakdown
of the sexes taken is troubling. Lidl are apparently playing down the number of
females taken. However, this also raises the question: what type of
conservation project would target one sex over another (up to 80 per cent
male)? The real reason that more males are taken is that they are bigger and so
each carcass produces more meat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Kangaroo meat is
widely consumed in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and it has played an important part in the traditional Aboriginal diet as a
bush food. Today it is widely available in supermarkets and restaurants and is
exported to over 55 countries.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Until relatively
recently, Australians wouldn't touch kangaroo meat. Much of it still goes into
'pet' food. We are also told by Australian wildlife groups that it is an
overestimation that it is sold widely across <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">As for Aboriginal
diets, what has that got to do with a budget supermarket selling kangaroo meat
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
Also, a number of Indigenous elders have expression strong opposition to the
commercial and non-commercial killing of kangaroos (such as the Australian
Alliance for Native Animal Survival).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">It is ideal for
maintaining a balanced diet and has been approved by the Australian Heart
Foundation, as it is low in cholesterol and fat and high in protein and
minerals iron, zinc and omega 3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">The idea that
kangaroo meat is somehow a healthy alternative has widely been debunked earlier
this year. Recent research shows kangaroo meat has a higher amount of a
chemical linked to increased risks of heart attack and stroke than any other
red meat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Also, dangerous
levels of salmonella and E.coli have been found in kangaroo meat destined for
human consumption.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Lidl<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>UK takes issues of animal welfare as
well as environmental protection very seriously and only sources products that
meet high standards of food safety and hygiene, animal welfare and
environmental protection which are in line with EU and UK standards.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">If Lidl take animal
welfare seriously why are they buying into an industry where baby animals have
their heads smashed in and then thrown away as 'trash'?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">We hope the
information provided has addressed the issues you raised and will reassure you
that the standards of welfare of the kangaroo and harvesting methods used are
to the same level, as other types of meats which can be found on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> supermarket
shelves.</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;">Kangaroos are shot
at night from the back of trucks in the middle of nowhere. Whilst the killing
of any animal for meat causes suffering – and that is why Viva! suggests
veganism as the best way to end suffering – it is wrong to suggest that these
two methods are comparable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>YES! </b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Thanks to public pressure, Morrisons has stopped selling kangaroo meat </b></span></i><span style="color: #196ad4; font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.viva.org.uk/what-we-do/latest-updates/morrisons-dump-kangaroo-meat" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank">http://www.viva.org.uk/what-we-do/latest-updates/morrisons-dump-kangaroo-meat</a> </span><i><span style="font-family: "segoe ui"; font-size: 10pt;"><b>and is reproduced here to spread the word. </b></span></i></span></div>
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-24692995270692753862016-01-22T03:17:00.000+00:002016-01-24T05:26:01.900+00:00World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) supports hunting shame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">ou thought the World Wildlife Fund was an animal rights or animal welfare charity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Think again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">They support hunting claiming it aids "conservation." </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">It says so on their site. Read it <a href="http://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf_articles.cfm?unewsid=6766" target="_blank">here </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They also clearly state that they are NOT an animal rights organisation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #dbdbdb; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“WWF is not an animal welfare organization. We support the hunting and consumption of wild animals provided the harvesting does not threaten the long-term survival of wildlife populations." </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Here's an answer to someone who asked why they were backing the Canadian goose (let's kill geese so we can eat them and stuff them in duvets) industry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Personally, I think that the WWF is misleading supporters with their images of cuddly pandas and monkeys and talking about conservation rather than admitting that they are a pro-hunting organisation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">If you agree, you can tweet them to tell them on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/WWF" target="_blank">@WWF</a> </span></span><br />
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-22209200621942615832016-01-20T01:11:00.000+00:002016-01-24T05:46:15.492+00:005 things you might not realise are cruel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Doing the research for Living Cruelty Free, I was shocked to discover there were things I had no idea involved so much animal cruelty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. Merino wool </b>- I wrongly assumed sheep were simply sheared. Imagine you have chunks of your flesh hacked off. Would it hurt? Of course it would, yet this is what happens to most sheep in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> in a process known as "<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/09/fashion-chains-wool-australia-mulesing" target="_blank">mulesing</a>." Farmers do this to prevent the animals getting fly strike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The worst think about this is its needless because farmers can breed fly strike resistant sheep but they refuse to do this. Despite pressure from top clothing stores like Next and Marks and Spencer who readily sell merino products but said they would try and use only wool from sheep not subjected to this abhorrent practice, the practice of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/09/fashion-chains-wool-australia-mulesing" target="_blank">mulesing</a> still goes on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2. Chocolate</b> - To feed the inexhaustible demand for milk chocolate you need milk and this means male calves go without. They can't produce milk so they are often killed or dumped in veal crates. <br /><br />For an alternative to milk chocolate, go for dark chocolate or carob, which tastes like chocolate and comes from a plant. I've read in places that it can't compete with real chocolate, but it can IMHO. The good news is that unlike real chocolate, its NOT harmful to dogs or cats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. Horse racing</b> - Those horses love to run and jump don't they? Maybe in the wild they do, but with a jockey on their back, kicking into their sides and even using a whip, somehow I doubt it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Horses are pushed to extremes, often beyond their endurance, and unlike the recent case of <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/31032012/58/racing-richest-day-marred-tragedy.html?page=3&order=date" target="_blank">Fox Hunt</a> in the $1 Dubai Gold Cup whose leg snapped, when they die or get injured it's rarely reported. Well, we can't have the enjoyment of race goers diminished by the site of a majestic animal being shot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4. Fake/Faux Fur</b> – Real fur is such a hard sell that it’s been passed off as fake in garments like coats, hats and waistcoats. Quite often this "fake fur" comes from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> which kills animals like dogs and cats to produce the so called fake or faux fur. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Personally, I would never wear faux fur or anything fake that resembles fur, as I strongly believe that it may inadvertently encourage people to wear real fur because it looks so real. That said, of course I would rather people wore the fake kind than the real kind. </span></div>
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-58154965344694179482016-01-16T22:10:00.001+00:002016-01-16T22:10:13.201+00:00Thanks everybody - we're saving animals together:)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-11229507103837617752015-11-01T01:17:00.004+00:002015-11-05T23:23:40.825+00:00Take Nestlé off your suitable for vegetarians list <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If there's one thing worse than companies being too lazy to
label products vegetarian or vegan (something that should be compulsory by
law), its companies like Nestlé changing the ingredients in popular products
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, Nestlé have free from lists <a href="http://www.nestle.co.uk/nutritionhealthwellness/specialdietaryneeds" target="_blank">http://www.nestle.co.uk/nutritionhealthwellness/specialdietaryneeds </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">but who
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How can you trust these lists when the products that look to
have only vegetarian ingredients (hey, we end up examining them with a magnifying glass) and that ARE LISTED AS VEGETARIAN on store websites have hidden animal ingredients?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Nestlés case, it's their Black Magic chocolates and
their After Eight Mints that are no longer vegetarian (After Eights were once
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mine who's vegetarian, got a shock when she asked me to check if After Eight dinner mints were vegetarian and I discovered </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">after a lot of research that After Eight Mints were </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">both were no longer suitable for vegetarians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's where it gets even more confusing. According to an ingredient list on <a href="http://isitveggie.com/nestle/">http://isitveggie.com/nestle/</a> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">some Black Magic chocolates are vegetarian. It doesn't say that on the
box and they're not in the Nestle vegetarian list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look at the ingredients on Black Magic and its difficult to tell what ingredients they contain that no longer make them vegetarian. And, there's more confusion. Strawberry ones are veggie,
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cue confused face, or Nestlé boycott.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to their updated October, 2015 list, "After
Eight Bitesize Dark Chocolate Mints" are vegetarian, but not a box of
After Eights Mints. Wonder what genius came up with that? Doh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>TIP </b>- Some of the big supermarkets like Morrison's, the
Co-Op and Asda make their own brand after dinner mints that are vegan. They're
cheaper than After Eight's and there's no hidden nasties in them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Always check the label before you buy. If you're in the UK, look for Vegetarian Society Approved and Vegan Society logo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's the Nestle OCTOBER 2015 <a href="http://www.nestle.co.uk/asset-library/documents/nutritionhealthwellness/vegetarian%20list.pdf" target="_blank">vegetarian list </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's their <a href="http://www.nestle.co.uk/asset-library/documents/nutritionhealthwellness/vegan%20list.pdf" target="_blank">vegan list </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can complain to Nestle on Twitter by clicking <a href="https://twitter.com/Nestle_UK_IRE" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Consumer Services, Nestlé UK Ltd, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">Haxby Road</st1:street>, <st1:city w:st="on">York</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode w:st="on">YO91 1XY</st1:postalcode></st1:address>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Online form <a href="https://www.nestle.co.uk/getintouch/emailme">https://www.nestle.co.uk/getintouch/emailme</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Conclusion - Me, I wouldn't touch Nestlé and their products with a ten
foot pole for treating vegetarians and vegans and other shoppers with utter
contempt and because of the Nestlé boycott (see below). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And that's how veggiegirl2011 sees it.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TIP</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - Also, watch out for After Eight Delicious Dark Chocolate and Mint Flavoured Desserts 4 x 70g they contain beef gelatine. Who wants ground down animal bone and muscle straight from the slaughterhouse floor in their dessert? </span></div>
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the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Read about it here <a href="http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree">http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My dad died this year. He had a rare type cancer. He was only 62 and its hard to imagine that someone with such a big personality who could light up a room and make everyone laugh, is gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My dad didn't die of cancer. No, he died of kidney failure and starved to death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The drugs to "cure" him, destroyed his kidneys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The drugs they gave him to "cure" him, gave him a condition that meant even the mere smell of food made him feel violently ill, so he couldn't eat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How many times do you hear people who've lost loved ones to cancer say they died from cancer, when if you looked at many of their death certificates you'd find the drugs killed them, especially the chemotherapy which basically poisons people's bodies?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The trouble with cancer drugs is that they still continue to use the same chemotherapy drugs that have been killing people for decades. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The main reason is these drugs work on some lab animals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />**Animals who are kept in tiny cages, in artificial, controlled environments unlike the human patients who are allowed to live normal lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every time you hear about "advances in cancer research" and "the next cancer wonder drug," what they don't usually tell you (and journalists are too lazy to ask) is that too often this new, amazing breakthrough has been made by testing on animals only. Testing that is not reliable for so many reasons. Yet, the only way you can tell if a drug is going to work on humans is by testing it on humans - that includes using it on human tissue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>"Testing on animals, isn't just cruel, it also wastes time when more reliable methods should be used.</i>"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Considering the billions that have been spent on cancer research (so much of it donated by people who've lost someone who had cancer and who are conned into believing cancer research on animals will find a cure for humans) and the millions of animals who've died in the name of so called cancer research, little progress has been made on finding a cure. Sure, many patients are living longer, but how many people are actually cured?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've known people to go into remission, but the cancer has always come back and either killed them or the drugs have. That seems to be what happens in most cases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I look forward to a day when there is a cure, but this won't be achieved by experimenting on animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***Make sure your relatives know where the money most cancer charities raise goes and how it doesn't help to find a cure and causes needless animal suffering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***Donate to cancer charities that don't fund animal experiments like hospices.</span></div>
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<pre id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443733352189_2003" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the fact some meat eaters are using the #WorldVegetarianDay hashtag on Twitter to talk about how much they love meat and how vegetarians are always talking about being vegetarian. </span></pre>
<pre id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443733352189_2003" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DOH! </span></b></pre>
<pre id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443733352189_2003" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe meat does addle the brain. </span></pre>
<pre id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443733352189_2003" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my experience, its meat eaters who can't stop about loving to eat meat whenever you mention you're vegetarian. </span></pre>
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-66845210179105519222015-09-29T21:05:00.000+01:002016-01-24T05:56:03.070+00:00Why I'm giving up milk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's his milk. Isn't it about time we left him and her alone?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm passing farmland in the train and everywhere I see cows and their enlarged udders and I'm thinking, 'where are all their calves?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There should be loads of them because that's why all these cows have enlarged udders, because like human mothers they produce milk to feed their babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then reality hits me in a way it never has before - and I've been a vegetarian for 25 years - the reason these mothers don't have calves with them like nature intended is because their milk is going to be bottled, put in ice cream, cheese and yoghurt and all those other things that we humans consume.</span><br />
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So, where are these cows' babies?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chances are the male calves are dead, well they can't produce milk. The dairy industry is brutal and any animal that doesn't make money is deemed not to have the right to live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The female calves will end up as dairy cows and the whole sick process will begin again, babies seperated from their mothers, so we humans can drink wholesome<strong>*</strong> milk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that's why I've stopped drinking milkshakes, eating cheese and yoghurt because if I don't do that I'm feeding the demand, I'm breaking the mother and child bond.<br />
I am the reason mother cows are bellowing for their babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's because of me that babies are not nourished by their mother's milk and may end up living out their short, light starved lives in veal crates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I say not in my name., and that's why I won't drink milk or anything containing milk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>*</strong>milk has been linked with breast cancer. In China where they are mostly lactose intolerant - lactose is in milk - the rates are way below what they are in Western countries where milk consumption is the norm.</span></span> </div>
testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-2857032576772580672015-09-20T20:02:00.000+01:002015-09-20T16:12:28.014+01:005 Simple Ways to go Cruelty Free Today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>1. Look out for the leaping
bunny on products that guarantees a product is verified as cruelty free. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Companies may say they don't test on animals, but sometimes their claims are
misleading. Copies that carry the leaping bunny logo (accept no imitations and
believe me, there are plenty) need to prove their cruelty free credentials. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Go to <a href="http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/shopper" target="_blank">http://www.gocrueltyfree.org/shopper</a> to find cruelty free companies. You can select by country. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Go bananas for Fair Trade</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>2. If you're buying bananas,
chocolate or coffee, make sure it's Fairtrade (also Fair Trade). </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">By buying Fairtrade,
you are making a real difference to real people's lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Remember though, that milk chocolate can never be cruelty free because the dairy industry kills unwanted calves and that's only one of the cruelties they inflict on cows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">They are paid a fair
wage for their work and farmers get a fair price for their goods.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>3. Ditch the leather because
it's NEVER cruelty free: it's a by-product of animal slaughter, of the meat
industry. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Get synthetic belts, handbags and shoes instead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bzSTX5UtaDA/UCAYMZIw_sI/AAAAAAAAAkc/4htI1JI3vGQ/s1600/Benjy+on+his+first+day+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bzSTX5UtaDA/UCAYMZIw_sI/AAAAAAAAAkc/4htI1JI3vGQ/s320/Benjy+on+his+first+day+(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>4. Encourage anyone
interested in getting a pet to adopt and not buy. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are so many animals in
need of good homes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There's no reason for anyone to buy a pet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When people buy
a pet they might as well be locking the cage on an unwanted pet at an animal
shelter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>5. Make a veggie meal for
everyone. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Let your family/partner/housemates taste how good a cruelty free meal
can be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Remember if it's really cruelty free, ditch the milk and butter. Better for you too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-48794920562964418512015-09-18T01:25:00.000+01:002015-11-01T02:41:39.844+00:00 Fox cub hunting - they hunt babies don't they?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to everybody who bought <a href="http://viewbook.at/LivingCrueltyFree" target="_blank">Living Cruelty Free: Live aMore Compassionate Life</a> I've donated money to the <a href="http://www.league.org.uk/" target="_blank">League Against Cruel Sports</a> and their amazing campaign to highlight the plight of baby fox cubs stolen from the
countryside by fox hunters, so they can hunt them when the babies are older to
satisfy their blood lust. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reading the details of their investigation below, I think we all know who the real vermin are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a copy of the communication I received that made me realise they were the cause I wanted to support this time. </span></div>
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could help us raise awareness and expose the depth and breadth of illegal cub hunting through your local media.</div>
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could help us save young foxes in your area, which are being reared to be hunted in the name of sport and urgently need your help.</div>
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<span style="color: #c41230;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Over the years I have seen some truly shocking cases of animal cruelty, but nothing comes close to cub hunting -<u>the dirty secret of the hunting world</u></span></span>. </div>
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You may find this hard to believe, but hunters capture fox cubs in cages, sheds, barns and artificial earths (controlled environments) so that they have ‘fresh stock’ readily available to kill for sport. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #c41230;">You can help stop the massacre of fox cubs by <a href="http://www.league.org.uk/how-to-donate/cub-hunting-appeal-content-page?type=chcc" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">donating to our appeal today</a>.</span></span> </div>
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What’s truly worrying is that not only do hunts go out and deliberately kill cubs in the autumn, but in fact rear them in artificial environments to kill for fun at their own disposal. </div>
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In May, my Investigations team were alerted of potential cruelty inside a dark barn located just 200m from the Middleton Foxhound’s kennels. What we discovered inside was shocking.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #c41230;">16 fox cubs.</span></span> Trapped in the barn, hidden from sunlight, and being reared to ultimately be killed by hunters. These hunters will stop at nothing for their own brutal pleasure.<br />
You’ll be pleased to hear that we have rescued the fox cubs and relocated them in a secure location.<br />
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These protected areas offer freedom – something which these poor young cubs have never experienced before in their lives. In fact it saddens me to tell you that, after being kept unnaturally in a dark barn, the fox cubs were still afraid of daylight.<br />
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This is not an isolated case. As you read this letter, this dreadful practice is widespread across the UK. Our Wildlife Crimewatch line has received a wealth of information on 20 hunts in the UK suspected of capturing foxes to be hunted, and countless more cases of suspect artificial earths.</div>
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With <a href="http://www.league.org.uk/how-to-donate/cub-hunting-appeal-content-page?type=chcc" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #c41230;">your donation</span></span></a>, we can expose even more cases of cruelty to cubs, including kidnapping and illegal cub hunting this season.<br />
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Before the Hunting Act (2004) was passed, 40% of all foxes killed each year were killed as cubs*. With the Hunting Act now in jeopardy, this season will be crucial for getting the evidence needed to protect the future for vulnerable young fox cubs.<br />
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<span style="color: #c41230;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">You can <a href="http://www.league.org.uk/how-to-donate/cub-hunting-appeal-content-page?type=chcc" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">make a donation</a> to our cub hunting appeal securely online by <a href="http://www.league.org.uk/how-to-donate/cub-hunting-appeal-content-page?type=chcc" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">credit card or via PayPal</a> or make a telephone donation by calling 01483 524 250.</span></span><br />
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Thank you for all your support, and everything you do for animals.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t Let the Bullies Win: How to get your confidence, back is aimed at a much neglected group, the adult survivors of bullying, whether that bullying took place at school, in the workplace or in the confines of a relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">• How to stop blaming yourself for what happened<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They keep on messing with the ingredients in these so that animal rennet (taken from the stomachs of slaughtered baby calves) is often used. Walkers crisps in the UK kept doing this.</span><br />
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-69160676944783596102015-08-01T02:22:00.002+01:002015-09-20T17:35:02.753+01:00Are vegans the only ones with a right to care about Cecil the Lion? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sadly, that's what some vegans (not all, but some) are saying. I’ve read comments all over social
media saying exactly that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a vegetarian
for 27 years and a vegan for 2, I think that's nonsense. I want everyone
whether they are vegan or not to have compassion for animals - even if it’s
only for some animals because what's the alternative - nobody except vegans and
vegetarians caring about animals at all? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823;">If you followed the rationale of vegans who say only they have the moral high ground to condemn this</span><span style="text-align: center;"> majestic animal being killed by a savage beast</span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.5pt;">-</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why not
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Eat dairy?</i></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>See a dog being mistreated?</i></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would rather
everybody showed some compassion towards animals than none at all. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We've all got families right? Most of them aren't vegan. But if we persuade them that the hunting of wildlife like Cecil is wrong, haven't we achieved something? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If we persuade them to eat one vegetarian/vegan meal a week, isn't that progress? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The message that you need to be vegan to speak up for animals is a damaging one. Maybe one day, those who condemn the killing of beautiful Cecil will go vegan, but they'll go too far the other way if they get shouted down by vegans for actually given a damn even if its for a lion in Africa. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Today I spent way far too much time listening to someone who bought a pedigree puppy boasting about how much "it" was worth unlike "mongrels" and boasting about how he wanted the breeding ban on the dog because the poor thing is too closely bred lifted by Crufts so he could show "it" there. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">One - you're a despicable human being to place a value on </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">a beautiful creature and to fund the close breeding that leads to dogs with multiple health problems being born.</span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Folk like that should be made to go round dog homes/animal shelters to see all the unwanted dogs who will never get a home and who will, as seems to happen too often in America and even in the UK, be killed. </span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Two - My "mongrel" rescue dog, Benjy is freaking amazing and unlike your poor wee soul, has no health problems (probably because he wasn't bred from very close relations like your poor dog). He's worth the sun, moon and the stars to me.</span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Three - I thought, you're a cunt. Sorry if that word offends you, but sometimes there are no words and hey, I'm Scottish every second word is a swear word. </span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And, that's how @veggiegirl2011 sees it!</span></span><br />
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testerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03965040547911444447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783529442565787625.post-1948428971269265012015-04-18T05:44:00.000+01:002016-03-22T02:41:45.935+00:00For the last time Hitler wasn’t vegetarian<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429330869044_2245">One of the most commonly trotted out lines you get from </span>non-vegetarians looking to put vegetarians and vegans down, is "Hitler was a vegetarian."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">They seem to revel in the fact that one of the biggest mass murderers in history, was vergetarian. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">But, that's not true. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429330869044_2248"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429330869044_2250" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Biographers who wrote about Hitler (some of who knew him personally) described how he loved eating Bavarian sausages and game pie. Game in this case means meat from wild birds and other animals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hitler's own chef spoke about Hitler's love for stuffed pigeon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">That's hardly the diet of a vegetarian. Now, is it? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Products that are tested on animals
should be legally made to show graphic images like the diseased lungs on
cigarette packs in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">UK</st1:country></st1:place>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Because I'm worth it." </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is animal suffering
worth it? Let people see.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey, maybe there are people who don't care
about rabbits being blinded or mice being mutilated, but there are also those
who have no idea that cosmetics and household products are still tested on
animals. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. There should be legal definitions enforceable
by law, over what constitutes vegetarian and vegan suitable products. At the
moment, there are just recommendations. But, hey, I could recommend from birth
that every baby is given wings, it don't make it so. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Clearer labeling on all products not
just a list of ingredients, but an explanation of what the more ambiguous one
are. Does everyone know that gelatin/gelatine is ground down animal bone and
muscle? What about the insects that go into cochineal? Or, the fish bladders
called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass" target="_blank">isinglass</a> used to filter some drinks? People have a right to know what
they and their kids are eating. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Clear vegetarian sections in stores that
are kept away from non-vegetarian and vegan foods. One of the stores I shop in
(Tesco Glasgow) put Redwoods vegan sage and onion slice in the fish aisle, down from a
rotisserie where a chicken was going round. What the hell? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. CCTV cameras in every slaughterhouse.
Animals shouldn't be beaten, have their legs broken been thrown against walls.
Let's ensure that every slaughterhouse worker knows that if they abuse animals
unlucky enough to end up in their workplace that they could be caught on camera
and prosecuted. There's a UK petition <a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/17821" target="_blank">here</a> and worldwide <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-surveillance-cameras-in-all-slaughterhousesfactory-farms-dairy-farms/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Sentences for animal abusers to be
changed from years to months. In the <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country>, if people are convicted their
sentences (if they get prison at all) are months, rather thank years. They
throw in 'banned from keeping a pet' for a certain amount of years, but who actually
polices it? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. The end of breed selective legislation
for dogs. No man or animal should be killed for how they look. Let's do it for <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.savelennox.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lennox</a>. </st1:place></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. A ban on dog breeding for profit. Until
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>I'd love to know. Please post a comment.</strong> </span></div>
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